[Pw_forum] Problems with integrated charge for a large supercell relaxation

[JR Schmidt]

Just to follow up on the problem of the integrated charge --
> Your system is treated as an insulator. If for some reason it
> becomes metallic or semimetallic,  you may run into trouble.
> Add a few more bands and a small broadening, just in case.
>   
I went back and verified this system.  Even at the geometry where the 
optimization failed, I took that geometry and did and SCF calculation 
with extra bands.  The band gap (at that geometry ) is 3.1 Ry (as would 
be expected for this strong metal oxide insulator), so I don't think 
that is the problem.

As I mentioned in the initial email, it is also odd that I can restart 
the SCF or optimization from the 'failed' geometry and go for quite a 
few optimization cycles before another crash
> Note that
> K_POINTS Gamma
> (uses "Gamma tricks") will be faster and take less memory
>   
Fantastic!  I was looking for a different (gamma-specific )executable, 
but I couldn't find one.  Now I know why.

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